Privacy Policy
1) This privacy policy applies to Art Gallery Clothing’s website at www.artgalleryclothing.co.uk (the “Website”). We at Art Gallery Clothing take your privacy seriously. This policy covers the collection, processing and other use of personal data under the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) and the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”).
2) For the purpose of the DPA and GDPR we are the data controller and any enquiry regarding the collection or processing of your data should be addressed to
3) By using the Website, you consent to this policy. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office for this purpose.
Information we collect
4) We will collect personal data on this Website only if it is directly provided to us by you the user, e.g. your e-mail address, name, home or work address, and telephone number, and therefore has been provided by you with your consent. Normally you will only provide such details if you wish to sign up for our free e-newsletter or other resources, or are making a purchase from us.
5) We also use analytical and statistical tools that monitor details of your visits to our website and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data (but this data will not identify you personally).
6) Your payment information (e.g. credit card details) provided when you make a purchase from our website is not received or stored by us. That information is processed securely and privately by the third party payment processors that we use. Art Gallery Clothing will not have access to that information at any time. We may share your personal data with our payment processors, but only for the purpose of completing the relevant payment transaction. Such payment processors are banned from using your personal data, except to provide these necessary payment services to us, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your personal data and payment information.
Use of your information
7) We may hold and process personal data that you provide to us in accordance with the DPA and GDPR.
8) The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our services to you, and to meet our contractual commitments to you. In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:
8.1 To notify you about any changes to our website, such as improvements or service/product changes, that may affect our service;
8.2 If you are an existing customer, we may contact you with information about goods and services similar to those that were the subject of a previous sale to you;
8.3 Where you have consented to receive our e-newsletters, from time to time to provide that to you.
8.4 All photos sent to any of our shops are only held for the duration of the order and are deleted straight after to comply with GDPR.
Disclosure of your information
9) We may disclose your information to regulatory bodies to enable us to comply with the law and to assist fraud protection and minimise credit risk.
10) Please be advised that we do not reveal information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers but we may, on occasion, provide them with aggregate statistical information about our visitors.
Controlling the use of your data
11) If you have given us consent to use your data for a particular purpose you can revoke or vary that consent at any time. If you do not want us to use your data or want to vary the consent that you have provided you can write to us at the address detailed in clause 2 or email us at alex@artgalleryclothing.co.uk at any time.
Where we store and transfer your data
12) We do not use or disclose sensitive personal data, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
13) We may disclose your personal data outside of our group: (a) in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; and (b) if the Art Gallery Clothing’s business is bought by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the assets to transfer to the buyer. However, any such transfer will only be on terms that the confidentiality of your personal data is protected and that the terms of this privacy policy will continue to be complied with by the recipient.
14) Otherwise, we will process, disclose or share your personal data only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or legal process served on us or the website.
15) You have the right to opt out of our processing your personal data for marketing purposes at any time by contacting us at alex@artgalleryclothing.co.uk. Or by logging into your account and updating your details online
Security
16) The transmission of information via the Internet or email is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of data while you are transmitting it to our site; any such transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your personal data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
17) Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password so that you can access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. You should choose a password that is not easy for someone to guess.
Third party links
18) You might find links to third party websites on our website. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.
Use of cookies
19) Our Website uses cookies. We use cookies to gather information about your computer for our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our Website. Such information will not identify you personally – it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our Website. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever. We may also gather information about your general Internet use by using a cookie file. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer, as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our Website and the service that we provide to you. All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies; you may be unable to access particular parts of our Website. Where we work with advertisers on our Website, our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our Website.
The specific cookies we use are as follows:
Strictly Necessary & Functional Cookies:
PHPSESSID: Used to identify the session between our website and your browser. No tracking or personal information is stored. This cookie is solely for the necessary functions of our website.
mmc-cookie-consent: Stores the user’s Cookie consent choice
__paypal_storage__: This cookie is used by PayPal to store account details
wc_cart_hash_#: Used to store cart details
wc_fragments_# : Used to remember items a user has placed in a shopping cart and ensure that cart functionality works perfectly.It expires immediately a user leaves the site.
Analytical cookies:
_ga: Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user
_ga_#: Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions
_gat: Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
_gid: Keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session.
__utmc: Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
__utma: ID used to identify users and sessions
__utmt: Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
#__utm.gif: Logs the details about the visitor’s computer and browser using Google Analytics Tracking Code. The cookie is a pixel tracker type and is only active during the browsing session.
__utmz: Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
__utmb: Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analtyics server.
Targeting cookies
__fb_chat_plugin, messaging_plugin_http://ARTGALLERYCLOTHING.CO.UK/_150581601636631: Used by our Facebook chat widget to track user details through Facebook
_fbp: Facebook tracking pixel used to identify visitors for personalized advertising.
nsid, paypal-offers–cust, ts, ts_c, l7_az, tsrce, enforce_policy, x-pp-s, LANG: These are used by Paypal to track payments made through the site via PayPal account
Your rights
20) The DPA and GDPR give you the right to access information held about you by us. Please write to us or contact us by email if you wish to request confirmation of what personal information we hold relating to you. You can write to us at the address detailed in clause 2, above, or by email to alex@artgalleryclothing.co.uk. There is no charge for requesting that we provide you with details of the personal data that we hold. We will provide this information within one month of your requesting the data.
21) You have the right to change the permissions that you have given us in relation to how we may use your data. You also have the right to request that we cease using your data or that we delete all personal data records that we hold relating to you. You can exercise these rights at any time by writing to us at the address detailed in clause 2, above, or by email to alex@artgalleryclothing.co.uk.
Changes to this policy
22) We may update these policies to reflect changes to the website and customer feedback. Please regularly review these policies to be informed of how we are protecting your personal data.
We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us at alex@artgalleryclothing.co.uk.
